1997 NFL Interceptions by Team

The New York Giants led the whole NFL in interceptions in 1997, with 27, 2 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 30 NFL teams is 16.0.

Led the whole NFL in 1997 New York Giants 16 games

27 Interceptions 2 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	Conference	G	INT
1	New York Giants	NFC	16	27
2	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	25
2	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	25
4	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	21
4	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	21
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	20
7	New England Patriots	AFC	16	19
8	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	18
8	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	18
8	New York Jets	AFC	16	18
11	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	17
11	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	17
13	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	16
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	16
	NFL average			16.0
15	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	15
15	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	15
15	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	15
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	14
18	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	14
18	Tennessee Oilers	AFC	16	14
21	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	13
21	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	13
21	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	13
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	13
25	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	12
25	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	12
27	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	11
28	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	10
28	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	10
30	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	7

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.